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![(first posted 10/16/2018) This week, while looking in a local junkyard for a part for my newest COAL (yes, you knew it had to happen sooner or…uh, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/IMG_1598.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1993 Eagle Summit DL Wagon – Soaring No More")
Junkyard Classic: 1993 Eagle Summit DL Wagon – Soaring No More
Posted on October 17, 2024 | 51 Comments(first posted 10/16/2018) This week, while looking in a local junkyard for a part for my newest COAL (yes, you knew it had to happen sooner or…uh, […] -
![(first posted 8/23/2014) Everybody loves the underdog, so how can we not love this Concord? Or everything else that AMC kept coming up with in its increasingly desperate attempts to […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/CC-130-029-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Concord – The Underdog Learns One More New Trick")
Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Concord – The Underdog Learns One More New Trick
Posted on April 21, 2023 | 95 Comments(first posted 8/23/2014) Everybody loves the underdog, so how can we not love this Concord? Or everything else that AMC kept coming up with in its increasingly desperate attempts to […] -
![As CC’s resident biggest fan of the Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe of the early 1980s, I had a chunk of alternate reality hit me on a recent trip to the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/IMG_6300.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Recycling: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Sport – America’s Audi Quattro")
Curbside Recycling: 1981 AMC Eagle SX/4 Sport – America’s Audi Quattro
Posted on October 22, 2021 | 28 CommentsAs CC’s resident biggest fan of the Audi Quattro Turbo Coupe of the early 1980s, I had a chunk of alternate reality hit me on a recent trip to the […] -
![(first posted 8/6/2014) As a young child, I could’ve been forgiven for thinking the Subaru DL/GL/Loyale and AMC Eagle were the best sellers in the US. They were extremely popular […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014-06-30-14.40.15.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Eagle Sedan – Kindertrauma")
Curbside Classic: 1981 AMC Eagle Sedan – Kindertrauma
Posted on August 6, 2020 | 40 Comments(first posted 8/6/2014) As a young child, I could’ve been forgiven for thinking the Subaru DL/GL/Loyale and AMC Eagle were the best sellers in the US. They were extremely popular […] -
![(first posted 2/25/2014) This is almost–almost–our last chapter in The Curbside Classic Colt Chronicles. Lovers of the nameplate will soon have to get their fix elsewhere, but luckily, our story […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/DodgeColt.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "CC Colt Chronicles Part 9: 1993 Colt – Death Of A Pony, Birth Of A Legend")
CC Colt Chronicles Part 9: 1993 Colt – Death Of A Pony, Birth Of A Legend
Posted on March 4, 2020 | 35 Comments(first posted 2/25/2014) This is almost–almost–our last chapter in The Curbside Classic Colt Chronicles. Lovers of the nameplate will soon have to get their fix elsewhere, but luckily, our story […] -
CC Outtake: Home Of The Brown AMCs
Posted on February 5, 2020 | 22 CommentsDon’t think those with delightfully eclectic automotive tastes live only in urban or suburban environments. Such traits are universal, evidenced by these two AMC Eagles found in rural Missouri. -
![(first posted 1/24/2014) The Pacer and Matador Coupe were AMC’s Hail Mary passes. We all know how those turned out. So now what? AMC’s passenger car business was kaput, the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/CC-33-004-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classics: AMC Eagle Wagon And Sedan – “What The Hell Is This?”")
Curbside Classics: AMC Eagle Wagon And Sedan – “What The Hell Is This?”
Posted on January 30, 2020 | 108 Comments(first posted 1/24/2014) The Pacer and Matador Coupe were AMC’s Hail Mary passes. We all know how those turned out. So now what? AMC’s passenger car business was kaput, the […] -
![It may sometimes seem as if this series is predominantly focusing on defunct brands but they do tend to be interesting and sometimes produce oddballs that seem like they should […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/IMG_6134.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Junkyard Classic: 1997 Eagle Vision TSi – One Of The Last To Be Shoved Out Of The Nest")
Junkyard Classic: 1997 Eagle Vision TSi – One Of The Last To Be Shoved Out Of The Nest
Posted on October 12, 2019 | 44 CommentsIt may sometimes seem as if this series is predominantly focusing on defunct brands but they do tend to be interesting and sometimes produce oddballs that seem like they should […] -
![The automotive world has lost a lot of brands over the past twenty-some years, most of them American. Some brands were starved of new product and wasted away before succumbing; […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/final-plymouth-lineup.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "QOTD: Which Domestic Brand Had The Best Lineup When It Was Axed?")
QOTD: Which Domestic Brand Had The Best Lineup When It Was Axed?
Posted on March 17, 2016 | 65 CommentsThe automotive world has lost a lot of brands over the past twenty-some years, most of them American. Some brands were starved of new product and wasted away before succumbing; […] -
![Photoshops courtesy of Brendan Saur Would anyone have purchased a Dodge Wrangler? How about an Eagle Grand Caravan or, horror of horrors, a Jeep Grand Caravan? When Chrysler purchased American […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/jeep-commando-photoshop.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Automotive History: The Rebadging That Never Happened")
Automotive History: The Rebadging That Never Happened
Posted on August 20, 2015 | 34 CommentsPhotoshops courtesy of Brendan Saur Would anyone have purchased a Dodge Wrangler? How about an Eagle Grand Caravan or, horror of horrors, a Jeep Grand Caravan? When Chrysler purchased American […] -
![Not every car is destined to be a success. Those that do succeed commercially, however, may not do so across the board. Ford’s first Taurus, for example, was available with […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/amc-eagle-kammback.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "(The Not Often Seen) Curbside Classics")
(The Not Often Seen) Curbside Classics
Posted on February 16, 2015 | 96 CommentsNot every car is destined to be a success. Those that do succeed commercially, however, may not do so across the board. Ford’s first Taurus, for example, was available with […] -
![(first posted 6/30/2011) No doubt the Eagle SX/4 is a joke; the only question being whether it’s a good one or a bad one, or whether the joke is on […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/CC-140-217-800.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Curbside Classic: 1982 Eagle SX/4 – The Trickster")
Curbside Classic: 1982 Eagle SX/4 – The Trickster
Posted on February 14, 2015 | 84 Comments(first posted 6/30/2011) No doubt the Eagle SX/4 is a joke; the only question being whether it’s a good one or a bad one, or whether the joke is on […] -
![Take a Renault 25, Americanize it, add some of that Italdesign magic and you get…a resounding sales failure. It’s a shame, really, because the Eagle Premier was one of the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/13.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "eBay Find: 1991 Eagle Premier – Give Betsy a Home.")
eBay Find: 1991 Eagle Premier – Give Betsy a Home.
Posted on January 28, 2015 | 70 CommentsTake a Renault 25, Americanize it, add some of that Italdesign magic and you get…a resounding sales failure. It’s a shame, really, because the Eagle Premier was one of the […] -
![One needs to make the best of a crummy situation. About to go crazy from fighting a fever the last few days, I have regenerated enough vitality to take a […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/IMG_0307.jpg?resize=115%2C115&ssl=1 "Walk and Talk: Rooting Around in the Photo Archives")
Walk and Talk: Rooting Around in the Photo Archives
Posted on December 17, 2014 | 66 CommentsOne needs to make the best of a crummy situation. About to go crazy from fighting a fever the last few days, I have regenerated enough vitality to take a […] -
CC Wordless Outtake: And That’s The Long And Short Of It!
Posted on October 26, 2014 | 16 Comments
